Dr. Frank Anderson - Truth, Trauma, And Transformation

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Connor Beaton

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Talking points: PTSD, trauma, intimacy, relationships It's hard sometimes to know where to begin when it comes to traumatic experiences. Even harder when they're PTSD-level, or secretly impact your relationships/intimacy/work life. Which is exactly why I'm grateful folks like Dr. Frank, who live at the intersection of cutting-edge research, lived experience, and calm strength. We dive right into WHY these things happen and how they're stored in the body and mind, offering practical advice throughout. Strongly recommend you listen to this one! (00:00:00) - What can neurobiology teach us about PTSD? (00:06:20) - What are the symptoms of PTSD, and why disassociation, derealization, and depersonalization happen (00:16:31) - Where do you even begin getting a handle on PTSD? (00:23:13) - How Dr. Frank works with men on shame, whether they’re the shamer or the shamed (00:32:29) - How trauma impacts sex and intimacy (00:45:44) - Where men should start exploring their sexual potency (00:51:14) - The event that started it all for Dr. Frank Frank Anderson, MD, is a world-renowned trauma treatment expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and psychotherapist. He is the acclaimed author of Transcending Trauma, recently released memoir, To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation, and the coauthor of Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual. As a global speaker on the treatment of trauma and dissociation, he’s passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with Internal Family Systems (IFS). Dr. Anderson is the co-founder of The Trauma Institute and Trauma Informed Media, organizations that promote trauma awareness, education, integration, and healing. He is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute under Richard Schwartz and has a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk and the Trauma Research Foundation. Dr. Anderson maintains a private practice in Harvard, MA, where he lives with his husband and two sons. Connect with Frank -Website: https://www.frankandersonmd.com/ -NEW Book: To Be Loved: https://www.amazon.com/Be-Loved-Story-Trauma- Transformation/dp/1962305112 -Trauma Institute Website: https://www.traumainstitute.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frank_andersonmd/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mdfrankanderson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FrankAndersonMD *** Say no to subscriptions—and yes to a razor that’ll last you a lifetime. Visit HENSONSHAVING.com/MANTALKS to pick the razor for you and use code MANTALKS. You’ll get two years' worth of blades free with your razor—just make sure to add them to your cart. This episode is also brought to you by BetterHelp. Get matched easily with a therapist who can empower your best self. Visit BetterHelp.com/mantalks today to get 10% off your first month Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Dr. Anderson.
0:09.3	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:10.9	I'm just going to start with Dr. Anderson.
0:12.9	I'll call you Frank after, but I got to start with it.
0:16.1	It was funny as I was gearing up for the conversation today.
0:20.2	I kept hearing the special agent from the
0:22.8	Matrix like Dr. Anderson. I don't know if you've ever gotten that before.
0:27.2	Oh, yes, I have. Anyway, let's dive straight in to the deep end with the question, what can
0:36.3	neurobiology teach us about PTSD?
0:39.3	Yeah, it's a good question.
0:41.5	And I'm happy that more and more of the general public is kind of paying attention to the nervous
0:45.7	system and paying attention to neurobiology because, you know, I've been working in this field
0:51.1	since 1992, really long time, and been teaching about the neurobiology
0:56.3	of PTSD and dissociation for a long time, especially as it relates to psychopharmacology or
1:02.3	medications. But the world is better versed at, oh, wow, the nervous system has a role here,
1:08.6	and our biology plays an important piece. So I'm happy
1:12.6	about it. A lot of the work, as a doctor, I kind of nerded out around science anyways. So I always
1:18.4	had that interest. I remember doing my neurology rotation, a class in neurology. I'm like,
1:25.1	God, this is fascinating. We'll never figure this shit out.
1:28.0	Like, you know, never will, you know, cardiology, they know so much, you know, because they've done so much research and they have a good sense of how the heart works. I'm like, the brain, that will never figure this out. Right. So I'm like, I'll never get bored in this subject. I really felt that way, but the neurobiology is important. And like, we've known
1:46.7	about the neurobiology of PTSD in a hyper-aroused way, sympathetic activation, the fight or flight,
1:54.6	holy shit kind of stuff. And there's a whole set of understanding around it.
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